Abstract:Objective To elucidate the relationship between pathological types and prognosis in diabetic nephropathy. Methods A total of 80 patients with diabetic nephropathy were included. All patients were performed renal tissue pathologic examination, and were divided into nodular group and diffuse group according to pathological types. The clinical characteristics were compared, and the conditions of different pathological types were analyzed. Results The duration, fasting glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin and retinopathy in nodular group were statistically higher than that in diffuse group (P < 0.05). The albumin levels in nodular group were statistically lower than that in diffuse group (P < 0.05). The urinary β2-MG, urinary mAlb in nodular group were higher than that in diffuse group (P < 0.05). The GFR in nodular group were lower than that in diffuse group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The survival rate in nodular group was 57.1%, which was higher than 81.6% in diffuse group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Diabetic patients with nodular glomerulopathy have longer clinical courses, more severe kidney damage, more chances to complicated with retinopathy, and poorer prognosis.